Assistant Project Management

Liliana E. Shannon

**** *. ***** ******, *****, NE 68122 402-***-**** *******.*.*******@*****.***

Summary Experienced attorney with 14 years of work experience

Extensive litigation skills in a variety of civil areas of practice with a specialty in housing a creditor defense work

Independent learner who is accustomed to learning new areas of practice with minimal guidance

Licensed in Nebraska since September 2004 and in Iowa since December 2017 1

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Varied litigation experience in district court, county court, and administrative venues with nearly weekly court appearances

Project management – Liaison for a Domestic Violence Collaborative comprised of six local non-for profit agencies

Chair firm wide Housing Law Taskforce for Legal Aid of Nebraska, Aug 2013 to 2017

Limited English Proficiency Coordinator, Legal Aid of Nebraska, 2012 to 2017

Legal education provider on housing and family law topics to a variety of local agencies, attorney groups, and the like

Native Spanish speaker

Project management – Facilitate communication and task completion among multiple agencies

Train and mentor both senior and junior attorneys and law clerks

Developed protocol to comply with federal requirements in serving Limited English Proficiency clients

Conversant with Westlaw and electronic filing procedures

Used to functioning in a low resource environment and preparing my own correspondence, legal pleadings, and managing my clients

Member of Family Housing Advisory Services Board of Directors, 2012 to 2017

Member of Mayoral Advisory Committee regarding housing law issues, 2012

Argued Banks v. Housing Authority of the City of Omaha, 281 Neb. 67, before the Nebraska Supreme Court; worked with colleagues at Legal Aid of Nebraska to draft the briefs and craft the oral argument

Filed Hague Convention International Child Abduction and Recovery Case in the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska found at Civil Action File No.: 8:14- cv-00149

Employment History Assistant

Litigation

Attorney

SouthLaw, P.C., Omaha, NE

June 2017 to present

Staff Attorney Legal Aid of Nebraska,

Omaha, NE

Oct. 2006 to

June 2017

Staff Attorney Thomas Incontro Law Firm,

Omaha, NE

Oct. 2004 to

Oct. 2006

Education J.D. Creighton University School of Law May, 2004 Awards received

CALI Award in Comparative Criminal Procedure, Spring 2004 2

CALI Award in White Collar Crime, Fall 2003

B.A. Drake University May, 1999

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